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Author:

Schmitt, Edward R., 1970-

Title:

President of the other America : Robert Kennedy and the politics of poverty / Edward R. Schmitt.

Publisher:

University of Massachusetts Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

ix, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Kennedy, Robert F.,--1925-1968.
Poverty--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
United States--Social policy--20th century.
Presidents--United States--Election--1968.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-311) and index.

Contents:

From the New Deal to the new frontier : postwar prosperity, poverty, and the Kennedys -- At the fulcrum of the movement : deciding time -- Poverty and justice : defining a federal role -- Troubles and trials : from Dallas to Watts -- The education of a senator : seeking a "greater society" -- "Born in a storm" : the Bedford-Stuyvesant experiment -- "It became his issue" : fighting for the war on poverty -- "You can't deny these people the presidency" : the 1968 campaign.

ISBN:

1558497307 (alk. paper)
9781558497306 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)368048641

LCCN:

2009044280

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)